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Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Rachel Polansky
In a race where a few hundred votes can make a difference, the majority of the 39,000 people held in Georgia County jails can vote but as Atlanta News First Investigates uncovered, few do.
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Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Ciara Cummings
An Atlanta News First investigation exposed a practice called ‘office hoteling,’ where children in DFCS care were housed in offices.
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Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 4:58 PM EST
|By Rachel Polansky
Tarek Mentouri’s plea deal could allow him to be released on parole in two years.
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Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:19 AM EST
|By Harry Samler
A dangerous road hazard in front of a popular restaurant prompts a reporter to spoof his colleague.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 8:45 AM EST
|By Rachel Polansky
Jeffrey Tucker had a criminal drug record and was still hired by Pickens County Schools as a bus driver.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM EST
|By Rachel Polansky
The Unclaimed Baggage Center is a nearly 50,000-square-foot store which has become a tourist attraction to more than a million shoppers each year.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 12:36 PM EST
|By Harry Samler
Better Call Harry investigates the case of a family who had to move out because of never-ending, excessive mold.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 4:29 PM EST
|By Rachel Polansky
PETA is continuing to call for charges against Deputy Eric Tolbert, whose three dogs died after being left in a hot shed.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 9:24 AM EST
|By Ciara Cummings
Delays in diagnosis and even longer waits for treatments are examples of the dilemmas local veterans allege against the Atlanta VA.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 3:03 PM EST
|By Harry Samler
Atlanta Municipal Traffic Court is unable to provide records for the number of drivers improperly ticketed.
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Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 2:25 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Never-before-seen footage show the moments a school bus driver crashed into a ditch with 40 children on board.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 2:24 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
A former massage therapist accused of sex crimes against women is once again in jail.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 2:24 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Atlanta News First Investigates asked her district's school employees if they want to carry guns in their schools.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 2:22 PM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
Atlanta News First Investigates uncovers more details about the closing of Atlanta Medical Center.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 3:31 PM EDT
|By Harry Samler
A one-time Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce home restoration business took a lot of insurance money and never performed any work.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
National animal rights group PETA is calling on the Rockdale County District Attorney to take action against Rockdale County Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Tolbert.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 12:37 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Before heading down any dark hallways, make sure you’re going to a haunted house that’s safe.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 3:21 PM EDT
|By Harry Samler
Ambulance costs have skyrocketed over the years.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 9:16 AM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Imagine seeing a football player on the field who doesn’t live in your district. That’s what parents say is happening at Alexander High School.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 3:26 PM EDT
|By Harry Samler
Months ago, AMR told a couple they can apply for its financial assistance discount. ; months later they’ve heard nothing
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 1:44 PM EDT
|By Joce Sterman and Daniela Molina
For decades, Supreme Court precedent effectively banned members of the military from suing the Department of Defense. In 2019, Congress passed a law that cleared the way for military malpractice claims. Yet few have won their cases.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 12:36 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Two of the largest animal shelters in metro Atlanta are in crisis mode as intakes are up and adoptions are down.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 9:07 AM EDT
|By Harry Samler
A man who was ticketed for illegal parking filed an appeal but never received his court hearing notice.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
Law enforcement personnel face myriad and difficult challenges when dealing with the mentally ill in Georgia’s jails.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
Foster children living in local department of family and children services offices were doing drugs, stealing, fighting and even running away.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 8:42 AM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
The deputy has lost his designation as a K9 handler and been reassigned.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 11:05 AM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
As the cost of going to college continues rising, the fear of student debt has some metro students to seek degrees in other countries.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 4:52 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
A Rockdale County sheriff’s deputy will not face criminal charges in relation to the deaths of three of his personal dogs.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 8:30 AM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky and Jamarlo Phillips
A Councilwoman accused of abusing her power for her own benefit has left her post. Peachtree City Councilwoman Gretchen Caola sold her home and left the city.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 8:13 AM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Some Georgians are having trouble picking up medication that’s been prescribed to them, an unintended result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent abortion ruling and the state's 'heartbeat bill.'
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Harry Samler
William Otis Cox has been charged with theft by conversion and theft by deception.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 3:03 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
A Peachtree City councilwoman is under allegations of abusing her power and trying to use her position for personal benefit.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 9:04 AM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
As Georgia’s foster care system remains overburdened, a three-month long CBS46 investigation uncovered children living in Fulton County offices for weeks to months at a time.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:25 AM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
A complaint has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board, charging Grady EMS with unfair labor practices.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 9:07 AM EDT
|By Harry Samler
How a special exemption allows ambulance providers to charge higher prices.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 12:55 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
A CBS46 investigation has uncovered hundreds of complaints against Georgia salons and only a dozen inspectors responsible for overseeing them.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 7:38 PM EDT
|By Harry Samler
A southwest metro woman received a water bill for more than $9,000, and tried for six months to get the Atlanta Watershed Management to review her complaints.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
A CBS46 Investigation discovered a growing problem with affordable housing, as advocates demand change in Cobb County.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 7:18 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Critical workers who respond to your medical emergencies are pushing for change. Some Grady EMS employees are in the early stages of trying to unionize. Grady EMS provides 911 services to the city of Atlanta and 16 other counties across Georgia.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 1:45 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Some Georgia school bus drivers who received unemployment money during the pandemic are now being told they have to pay it back. According to state officials, that’s because they were either overpaid or received benefits to which they were not entitled.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 7:13 PM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
Metro Atlanta continues to lack affordable housing for those who have suffered most from the pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 6:43 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
A CBS46 investigation uncovered that in critical situations, the average Atlantan is waiting nearly 30 minutes for EMS to arrive.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock wants answers after a CBS46 reports uncovered missing mail and check washing at a Duluth post office.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 8:22 PM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
Atlanta leaders are urging state lawmakers to expand restrictions for Georgia sex offenders. On Tuesday afternoon, the Atlanta City Council unanimously approved a resolution urging the Georgia General Assembly to adopt Mariam’s Law, which would expand restrictions for Georgia sex offenders.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 9:01 AM EDT
|By Harry Samler
Before the 100-foot geyser Thursday on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, a Brookhaven man had been trying to get a major leak fixed for more than a month.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 7:19 PM EDT
|By Harry Samler
An officer with Georgia's Department of Public Safety racked up several Peach Pass fines that were inadvertently passed onto a metro Atlanta man.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 10:44 AM EDT
|By Rachel Polansky
A brother whose sister was brutally murdered is urging the state to better identify dangerous predators.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 2:39 PM EDT
|By Ciara Cummings
The family of a couple who died by suicide is accusing a metro Atlanta police department of failing to perform an effective welfare check.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 7:18 PM EDT
|By Crystal Bui
The state Department of Public Health said 2,202 Georgians died from alcohol in 2020, the highest number Georgia has seen this century.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Harry Samler
In the digital age, criminals have an easier option when tampering with a vehicle's odometer.